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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1909)
V r Y 1 v r OVERLOOKED FOR THIS TIME.' sha- Substantial Reasons Why Business Firm "Stood For" Impertinence from Employe. The New York dry goods firm of I'lumsteln & Rosenberg had a travel ins; salesman named Richards. Rich aids was a good salesman, anil when sober a genial fellow. Onee, however, after an unusually successful trip he indulged in an unusually successful celebration, and ended by going to Bleep in the public office of the com pany. '(let up," sail Mr. Rosenberg, kins him violently. ' "Rosey, no jump on yourself," said I his sleepy employe. i The senior partner tried It next and' was rewarded with the words: ! 'T.ltinistein, you go to thunder." 1 The firm held an Indignation meet- i lug, decided to dispense with Rich j aids' services, and asked th' liook i keeper what they owed this erring salesman. "Fifteen hundred dollars," he report ed. "Richards has sold Jc.o.mtO worth of peods In the past three months." The partners looked at each other in , silence. ! "Rosey," said the senior partner, , "you go chump on yourself. I'm go-! Ing to thunder." Success Magazine. Mr. Chamberlain z the But'er. T!:e (oi.-iun ( !!ice staff ef the kind's house seni'e nies.-en'.; 'i has J'l-t List on.' of il ti'.em'it rs. to whose iih k I'.aiae. "Sir .leseph." a sioiy belongs. It ocrurred when Mr. Chamberlain vas at the colonial office. One night, or rather very early In the morning, the tit senucr was sent to Prince's (hird- ns with an important "cabinet circulation." Mr. Chamberlain was working late and had s-vit all his servants to be 1. and the messenger had t wait a long time before getting an nr. iwer to his knock. At last he gave a thundering rat tat and pres ntly had the :.ati.;f.u'tion of seeing some one whom he supposed l he tile butler appear in answer to his .1I, wearing a plain snicking jacket mid smoking a clay pipe. "Oh," said the messenger, "you have come at last, have you? There's no hurry. It's only a message from the pi line minister." The "butler" smiled serenely, and the messenger, then recognizing his man, stammered out: "1 beg your pardon Sir Joseph, I have a dispatch box for you." BY THE TELEPHONE CHURCH SERVICE WAS BROUGHT TO CONGREGATION. Cut Off by Storm, Pas'or Found Means of Providing Edification For His Flock by Means cf the Wire. I Mammoth Embroidery Sale! I by 1 Y tele- X the parishioners H!3 CALL A BUSINESS ONE. In a Pearl Factory. ! Tho pale, bent workmen were, most of them, drilling costly pearls, hut here a man in kid gloves performed the operation of skinning, the opera , lay il(,f0,. no nn(1 advertised for sale, tion of removing a pearls outer, (lis i wi.(n tl. (iom.i,0ii jinsiod merrily. Pcor Old Beggar Was Not on This Particular Occasion Looki.-g for Charity. The prosperous wholesale grocery dealer had sold out his business pre paratory to departing for the west to live. He was reflecting, the next morning, on the prospect of getting a good price for Ills house, which the coloied coat so as to give it again its ( original luster, and by the window an other man shook Industriously three pearls in a bottle. j "It is a secret of the trade, of the pearl driller's trade," he said, "this bottle-shaking. You see, in pearl drill ing, a drill point often breaks off In a pearl, and to got it out may take a whole drvy's work that is, if you don't know the secret." He looked closely at the bottom of the glass bottle, and then, continuing his shaking, he resumed: "Hut If you put your pearl In a bot tle and shake it up, the drill point In a few minutes will fall out of itself Look! There's another out already. The third'll come s:ion now." Microbes in City and Country. The microbes in city air are times more than in eoun'ry air. U "Sir," said the maid, putting her head In at the library door a moment later, "It's the old beggar from the corner near your store, sir." "Old do, the beggar, eh?" rejoined I the retired business man. faking from his pocket a coin. "1 presume the j wretched old fellow missed my ens- : tnmary contiibution this morning audi if come for it. Here, give him this dollar." I The maid went away with tho ; money and again returned. ' "I pave the dollar, sir." said she, "and he seemed very thankful for it; ; but hn says he'd like to speak a mo-1 nient with you on bu -;in. ss, sir." "What business can that old beg-! s::r have with me?" "He says thi.t If you can bring the pice of this house down to $20,nni . . . , i ..!.." ftirlnn'u cisli. ne (i niiy i:, ! """n- -Library. Besrd Heavier on Right Side. A man's beard is generally ho;;v- 'ier on the right side. Sultan Fond of Zoology. The sultan of Turkey is the propri etor of a fine zoological garden. An entire church service pholie. listened to by within a radius of ten miles of the parsonage. Is the brand-new idea in Sunday worship worked out success fully by a New Kngland pastor. Not only was the sermon delivered over the wire, but the violin music and choir selections were also duly given. Rev. Newell C. Maynard of Rom fret. Vt.. is the clergyman whose novel plan promises to rind many fol lowers. In the town of Poiufret. among the hiits of Vermont Sunday morning broke with a midwinter blizzard. Three feet of snow had already fallen and the darkened sky gave no signs of withholding the rest of Its hoary burden. "To me, as minister of the village church, it was evident that this was a good day for people to enjoy the comforts of their own fireside. Hut how to reach these people In such a storm and give them the practical benefits of a Sunday service in their own homesthis was the question which I set myself about to answer, i "I had it! Almost every home with I In a radius of ten miles had n tele . phone. Why not preach over the ' wire? Accordingly I called up my j deacons and made my propositions to j them. They were so pleased with the i noel Idea that they at once said: "Go ahead!' "I then called up central and nsked permission to have the switch thrown open on both lines. Next I called up my violinist, Marvin Whipple, and re quested him to be ready with a violin solo, and finally asked Lester Clifford to he prepared for two selections of sacred music for the phonograph. I gave the order of service to my violin ist and phonograph operator, and Ueacon A. P. Clifford called up the parties on the line and requested all who cared to listen to the service to take down their receivers at 11 o'clock. "When the hour arrived I took down my receiver and calling the roll of all the parties on the line, bid simply: "We will commence our morning service with a selection by the male quartet.' Then the phonograph placed before the transmitter rendered Rock t V Y Y Y V Y t Y Y Y i i X X X X x X X x X Y A Piano Bargain At Herolcf s Book and Stationary Store A brand new?3S0.00 Cabinet Grand Piano for $280. Spot cash or bank able paper vith payments adjusted to suit convenience. A leading western piano manufacturer has consignel to us a ne.v piano, everything first class, note de scription below. We offer it at MANUFACTURERS PRICES, savin? you the usual agent's commission of $100.00. If you are in the market for a first class, guaranteed for 10 years, instrument HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TOJSAVE $100. This will be the only piano offered on these terms. ? ? Y Y Y Y Y Y Y t Y Y Y t ? ? ? Y t Y Y t Y Y '? Y v t Y ? Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y KKKKKKHKHK PJETZOW CABINET GRAND PIANO. Perfect scale, drawn on most scienticfic principles; latest patent repeating action, extra heavy felt hammers; exposed pin block; extra heavy three quarter iron plate; very best German imported tuning pins and piano wire; patent muffler attach ment with nickel plated muffler rail, best quality spruce in sounding- board; ivoryjlkeys. CASE Verj artistic and double-veneered inside and out, with maple veneer on interior; oval Jpanel, with ndsomest of carviugs. Warranted 10 years. Heipht. 4 ft 'j in; width 5 ft 2 3-S in; depth 2 ft 3 in Herold s B Y Y X I X X x Y x I X X X X x X X X X x X X X X X x X I X X X I X X x i Y Y Y X t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y By a most fortunate circum stance we had an opportunity and took advantage of it of getting a large consignment of fine em broidery at a mere fraction of its real worth. This we placed on sale Saturday and shall continue until it is all closed out. We have an exceptionally fine line of de signs, the values ranging up to 35 cents, but as long as they last you may have your choice at 10c and 15c You never had such an oppor tunity to secure such standard goods at so low a price. Notice the display in our east window. , W. LARKIN & COMPANY. t Y T t Y V Y V Y Y V y y y y y y y y y y y y y V t y y y y y y y y f y y V f y Y of A?rs" In clenr'inale voices. I then read the Twenty-third Psalm. Next followed Handel's 'Largo,' played he fore the transmitter as a violin solo "Having completed my brief ser mon. 1 said: 'We will close our serv ice with another selection by the mala quartet.' Whereupon the service was concluded by the slnginx of 'Nearer, My God, to Thee.'" Youthful Elopers The youthful elopement In Dickens' pretty story was duplicated life tlie other day, when Jesse aed four years, and Annlo Theresa Unteifiishberger, aged three years left their respective homes In Port land, Ore., and wandered down town hand In hand. Intent on getting mar ried. The course of true love never did run smooth, however, and the lit tie romance was spoiled by Patrol man Itiley, who met tho tots In the heart of tho business district. The bn was much abashed by the man In uni form, but the girl lisped out their plan to get married and visit a mov Ing-plcture show. When taken to the police station, where their frantic parents were walling, there was a sc ne. "No," screamed the little girl breaking Into tenrs as her mother started to take her away, "Annie wants to slay and marry Jesse." Collar Button Defender. The collar button has been libeled Since It first camn Into being It hat provided the wrlieis of Jokes for thr romlc papers with a large share ot their material. That It possessed a remarkable tendency toward losing It self has been accepted almost as an axiom. Facts have come to light which show that the collar button has been maligned. A man In the employ or tin Iturllngton railroad has worn one col In real I lar iiiiuon ior a jnu. n nan I . . . 1 . . i.niiil tit Inlltf Yeakey by nun wiiuoui any uinnn; i-""" against loss ami lias never mmou tendency to wander. This man says he has always treat od his collar button kindly, has never sworn at it nor blamed It for his own faults. Ills idea Is that If mankind ac rords due respect to the collar button It will reciprocate. ook and Stationery Store j Point of Law. In a small southern town two roust nlinuts cot into an argument about tht ownership of an opossum. During the. disturbance Sam assaulted Kemiu with a paving stone and In due time was brought before the liar of Justice Stun, in tho meantime, had engaged the services of a rising young lawyer "We have heard the evidence," said the young attorney at the trial, "anc I think, nccordlng to Itlackstone, my cfont Is Innocent." It was then that Remus arose and rubbed his bandaged head dolefully. "Ho may bo Innocent, sah, nccordln' to Ulackstone," he snld, seriously "hut according to dat cobblestone he am guilty." And the judge thought the same ana Sam was convicted. On a Pass. It was during a teiiious ride on a western railway, and the passengers, tired, dirty and thirsty, all Ivrated the company, with the exception of om single man. Ills fellow passengers commented on this, and asked him why he did not denounce the company, too "It. would be hardly fair," he replied, "as I am traveling on a free pass; hut. If they don't do better pretty soon blamed If I don't go out and buy a tick et and Join you." Harper's Magazine Not for Herl "With one wave of my wand," 8ay8t the fairy, "I can make you grow young j again." j "Excuse me," replies the woman, "il : I decline your kind olTer. ir you can bring youth to me nt my present age nil right; but I positively refuse tc travel back through pyrography, tin first stage of bridge, the habit back, the straight front, balloon sleeves and; t0 ,j B0 all the rest of the fads I can remem her." Life. SEVERAL KINDS OF ACCENTS. Observant New Yorker Noted the Dif ferent Pronunciationt of Singer In the Choir. "In so cosmopolitan a city as thta, began a man who was on his war from a choral service at one of th New York churches, "I fancy a choir master's duties are doubly hard." "How so?" asked his companion, who, though less observing, had Bat through tho same service. "Hecause of tho various pronuncbv Hons of tho members of the choir. To day I heard distinctly four different methods of pronouncing the word mercy. It took nie some time to fig ure them all out, but I happened to know the line 'Lord, have mercy upon us.' etc. There were some who nald 'molcy,' and they seemed to be In th majority; others 6aiiR 'murcy' with all tho b-rr to tho r that they could get In; still there was somo one, a so prano who pronounced It as ir it werw spelled with a double e. 'meercy.' and some one Rave It a French finish and said 'mercay.' Now I don't doubt thai choir master has worked over thosfl people In his effort to get a uniform pronunciation, but so far, at least to mv tiorhnnn too cr tlcal ear. ne i- haa Revision. "Now," said the distinguished rep reaentative, "we have arranged tho tariff precisely as It should be and all yoil have to do Is to say 'Amen.' " "No," answered the distinguished sen ator, "not 'amen;' 'amend.'" The Young Idea, "Ma," said a newspaper man's son, "I know why editors call themselves 'we, Why?" "So's the man thai doesn't like the article will think thera are too many people for him ta tackle." Christian Work and Evangelist. miMMIHIIIIMIIIIIIHHMMIMIMMMIIIIIMMIM i: Two Piece Suits to Order $25.00 Equal in Value to Most $35 Suils Real Aim of Religion. Religion has loftier alms than tha education of a good man. It presup poses that he Is good already, and Itsii principal aim Is to uplift tills good man to the hlshest stago of under standing. Iiessliij! 1 V Dealers in all kinds of Musical MorchandLso, Violin, Ctuitar.IJunjoand Mandolin strings ar.d parts. All late sheet music, vocal and instrumental, on sale. Make a Note of This. There may be no psychological s! "nificanre contained In th" fact, but w may lay down t'ie dictum, nevertli" I"hs, lli.it fi-w v.'ouii'ii who in''' pioi? . bridg'i playi r.-i trim their own kuia. We guarantee good workmanship, pood linings and a perfect fit. Stylish Suits to Order $25 to $45. Good Trousers to Order $5. to $12. Next time you visit Omaha visit our store. It is a pleasure to show our poods. Don't buy ready made clothing. DC T ')v, South 1 fit li Street. Omaha, Neb.